~~ CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-11 BIHAR DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PART-A&B MADHEPURA DI:STRICT " VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY ~ VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT ~Cf?1 ~ ~'<[§f PEOPLE ORIENTED Sudhir Kumar Rakesh of the Indian Administrative Service Director of Census Operati6nsj' Bihar ,-------.---.--.-~--.-.---------------------'--IN D I A 8 I H A R DISTRICT MADHEPURA Krn 5 o BOUNDARY; D1Sl'RICT C. D, BLOCK I SH STATE HIGHWAY Jl,lPORTANT METALLED ROAD ) jNayanagB;J; ..... , RS •• QJ IIIII III! I I RAILWAY LINE WITH STATION: METRE GAUGE \ r' I i u _.I KISHANGANJ ..- 'y' RIVER AND STR~AM r' Ul ..... :I: /. \ HEADQU ARTERS D1Sl'RICT r'-' t._-\ C, D, BLOCK i\ PURAINI@,.,.-! . Ii!!I • DEGREE COLLEGE Shripur . \ VILLAGES HAVING 12000 AND ABOVE \ I ._) \ • POPULATION WITH NAIlE ., • © I URBAN AREA. WITH POPULATION SIZE: I ALAMNAGAR CLASS III J • \ 'ut· ..... -~) ,...... @ / CHAUSA Arajpur' Tolal Rural Urban >1 o • Ghosai © /~ Area (SqJ(m.) 1788.00 17411,[)9 3!l.9! > \ Laualagaon i I ,-...... ) ,. .. PopuJa lion 15a)646' 1450079 67007 ~.-:' / h· ....; .",. ~ No, of Village 440 >/ ....... ..-: ..... ::l • oJ • No, of Towns 02 I :9 D\j'?:- [)jgtance of [)jgtriel Headquarters II) ~V , , lo Slale Headquarter. Z20 Km, § BHl\G r..... Il8sed upon SUrvey of India map with the pel'llliil!ioll 01 the Surveyor General 01 India Q (;()vernment 01 India copyright <mi SINGESHW AR ASTHAN, MADHEPURA The name Singheshwar is derived from the well known Hindu Saint Shringe. In Shiv Mahapuran the Shivlinga at Shringeshwar has been widely discussed. During course of time the Singheshwar temple became famous through out the Northern India. A large fair is held every year in the month of sharawan. The temple is situated 8 kms north of DaUl'am Madhepura railway station. Contents Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv District Highlights - 2001 Census xvii Important Statistics in the District xix Ranking ofC.D. Blocks in the District xxi Statement - 1 to 9 xxiv - xxxvii s.tatement-l Name of the headquarters of district/tehsils, their rural-urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2001 xxiv Statement-2 Name of the headquarters of district/C.D. block, their rural­ urban status and distance from district headquarters, 2QO 1 xxiv Statement-3 Population of the district at each census from 1901 to 2001 xxv Statement-4 Area, number of villages/towns and population in district and C.D. Blocks, 2001 xxvi Statement-5 CD. Block wise number of villages and rural population, 2001 xxviii Statemept-6 Population of Urban Agglomerations (including constituent units)/ Towns xxviii Statement-7 Villages with population of 5,000 and above at C.D. Block level as pe.r 2001 census and amenities available xxix Statement-8 Statutory towns with population less than 5000 as per 2001 census and amenities available xxxvi Statement-9 Houseless-and Institutional population of C.D. Blocks, rural and urban, 2001 xxxvii Diagrams xli -xlvi Analytical Note 3 -79 (i) History '!_nd the scope of the District Census Hand Book 3 (ii) Brief History of the District 4 (iii) Administrative Set-up 7 (iv) Physical features 7 (v) Census Concepts 9 (vi) Non-Census Concepts 18 (vii) 200 I Census findings - Population, its distribution 24 (a) Brief analysis of PCA data based on inset tables 1 to 36 25 (b) Brief analysis of the Village Directory and Town Directory data based on inset tables 37 to 47 55 ( c) Brief analysis of the data on houses and household amenities (Houselisting Operations, Census of India 200 I) based on inset tables 48 to 52 65 Pages (viii) Major social and cultural events, natural and administrative developments and significant activities during the decade 73 (ix) Brief description of places of religious: historical or archaeological importance in villag~s and places of tourist interest in the towns of the district 74 (x) Major characteristics oftl1e district, contribution of the district in the form of any historical figure associated with the district 74 "- (xi) Scope of Village Directory and Town Directory - column heading wise explanation and <;:overage of data 75 PART-A: VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Section-I: Village Directory (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Village Directory 83 (b) List of v.illages merged in towns and outgrowths at 2001 Census 88 (c) C.D. Blockwise presentation ofViIlage Directory Data 91- 245 (i) C.D.Block Map showing C.D.Block boundary 1. C.D. Block Gamharia 91 2. C.D. Block Singheshwar 99 3. C.D. Block Ghailarh 109 4. C.D. Block Madhepura 117 5.C.D. Block Shankarpur 133 6. C.D. BlockXumarkhand 141 7. C.D. Block Murliganj 161 8. C.D. Block Gwalpara 173 9. C.D. Block Bihariganj 189 10. C.D. Block Kishanganj 199 11. C.D. Block Puraini 215 12. C.D. Blol;:k Alamnagar 225 13. C.D. Block Chausa 235 (d) Appendixes to Village Directory 249 - 284 Appendix-I Abstract of Educational, Medical & other amenities in villages - C.D. Block level 249 Appendix IA Villages by number of primary schools 257 Appendix 18 Villages by primary, middle and secondary schools 258 Appendix IC Villages with different sources of drinking water facilities available 259 Appendix II : Villages with 5,000 and above population which do not have one or more amenities 260 Appendix IIA: Census Towns which do not have one or more amenities 262 Appendix III : Land utilization data in respect of census towns/non- municipal towns 263 Appendix IV : .c.D. Blockwise Jist of inhabited villages where no amenity other than drinking water facility is available 263 Page~ Appendix V : Summary showing number of villages not having Scheduled Castes population 265 Appendix VI : Summary showing number of villages not having Scheduled Tribes population 266 A ppendix VIlA : List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Castes to the total population by ranges 267 Appendix VIIB : List of villages according to the proportion of Scheduled Tribes to the total population by ranges 279 Appendix VIII: Number of Villages under each Gram Panchayat (C.D. block wise) 284 Appendix IX: Statement showing number of girls schools in the villages 284 Section-II: Town Directory 287 - 310 (a) Note explaining the abbreviations used in Town Directory 287 Town Directory Statements (I to VII) (b) Statement I Status and growth history 296 (c) Statement II Physical aspects and location of towns 298 (d) Statement I~I Municipal finance 300 (e) Statement IV Civic and other amenities 302 (f) Statement V Medical, Educational, Recreational and Culturalracilities 304 (g) Statement VI Trade, Commerce, Industry and Banking 306 (h) Statement VII:Civic and other amenities in slums 308 (i) Appendix to Town Directory - Towns showing their outgrowth with population 310 PART~B : PRIl\:1ARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 313- 427 (a) Brief note on Primary Census Abstract 313 (b) District Primary Census Abstract (General) 318 (c) Appenp.ix to District Primary Census Abstract i.e., Urban blockwise figures of Total, SC and ST Population 324 Primary Cens\ls Abstract for Scheduled Castes 328 Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Tribes 336 C.D. Blockwise Village Primary Census Abstfact 1. C.D. Block Gamharia 344 2. C.D. Block Singheshwar 350 3. C.D. Block Ghailarh 356 4. C.D. Block Madhepura 362 5. CD. Block Shankarpur 368 6. C.D. Block Kumarkhand 374 7. C.D. Block Murliganj 386 8. CD. Block Gwalpara 392 9. C.D. Block Bihariganj 398 10. CD. Block Kishanganj 404 Pages 11. C.D. Block Puraini 410 12. C.D. Block Alamnagar 416 13. C.D. Block Chausa 422 Urban Primary Census Abstract '430 Annexure I Number of Villages under each Gram Panch~yat 439 Annexure II Estimates of child mortality, 1981 and 1991 Census 443 Annexure III Various measures of fertility and mean age at marriage 1991 Census 444 Annexure IV Percentage distribution of migrants by place of birth/place of last residence, 2001 Census 445 Annexure V Briefaccount of main religions in the District/C.D. Blocks as per 2001 Census 449 Annexure VI Marital status of population as per 200 1 Census 455 Annexure VII Age, sex and education in the state & district, 2001 Census 472 Annexure VIII: Distribution of different mother tongues returned in 2001 Census 479 Foreword he District Census Handbook (DCHB) published by Census Organization since 1951 Tcensus, is one of the important publication in the context of planning and development at grass-root level. The publication, which is brought out for each district, contains several demographic and socio-economic characteristics village-wise and town-wise of the district along with the status of availability of civic amenities, infrastructure facilities, etc. The scope of the DCHB was initially confined to a few Census Table and Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of each village and town within the district. Thereafter, at successive censuses, its scope and coverage has been enlarged. The DCHB published at the 1961 census provided a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory including PCA. The 1971 census-DCHB series was in three parts: Part-A related to -village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of villages. The 1981 census DCHB was in two parts: Part-A contained village and town directory and Part-B the PCA of village and town including the SCs and STs PCA up to tahsil! town levels. New features along with restructuring of the formats of villages and town dire rectory were added into it. In village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given.